Unfortunately, much of the legal literature on the question of
computer agency is preoccupied with concepts of intelligence,
consideration, and intention within a computer program; this is because
these concepts are found in law. However, these concepts are premature
in a technical context -- regardless of hand-waiving about artificial
intelligence... This examination also allows me to point out open
questions and confusion, best described by a phrase from the movie The Princess Bride,
"You
keep using that word — I do not think it means, what you think
it means."